Induction melting and casting apparatus
AssigneeConsarc Engineering Limited
InventorJohn G. Wilson
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Abstract
The apparatus includes casting stations disposed around a melt chamber of a furnace. Each casting station has a tundish for selectively transporting melt to the desired casting station. The apparatus is provided with apertures in the walls of the melting chamber to allow the tundishes to enter the melt chamber through fixed vacuum seals to receive molten metal from a tiltable melting unit and to convey the melt through the vacuum gate valve to the desired casting station.
Claims7
A vacuum induction melting and casting apparatus comprising a melt chamber containing a melting unit for melting a material by induction under vacuum, a plurality of casting stations coupled to the melt chamber by valve means, said casting stations being disposed around the periphery of the melt chamber and each casting station having respective tundish means associated therewith which are adapted to be moved through respective valve means into said melt chamber so that, in use, a selected tundish means when disposed in said melt chamber receives melt from said melting unit and transfers said melt to its casting station and said casting stations are capable of being used for the same casting operation or different casting operations.
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